I Want to be a Librarian

A funny UTube Librarian film performed by HauntedLove

A View of Earth From Saturn

A view of Earth taken from the Cassini Spacecraft.

Animal Extinction: The Greatest Threat to Mankind

A poll by the American Museum of Natural History finds that seven in 10 biologists believe that mass extinction poses a colossal threat to human existence, a more serious environmental problem than even its contributor, global warming; and that the dangers of mass extinction are woefully underestimated by almost everyone outside science.

Global Voices Online

"Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, a research think-tank focused on the Internet’s impact on society."

"Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media often ignore."

Text Messaging Service Keeps UF Students in the Loop

The university is currently using Mobile Campus as one more way to broadcast general campuswide messages, such as hurricane warnings. Off campus and commuter students in particular are more likely to receive that kind of last-minute message than they are e-mail. "It's part of our formalized communication plan," says Chris Cupoli, director of student involvement at UF.

The Greening of America's Campuses

College students across the country are fired up about global warming, and they're gathering online to agitate for change. Is this the next big youth movement?

Link to the Step It Up 2007 website.

Revish: New Book Review Site

Revish is a place where people share their reading experiences. You can use Revish to keep and share a list of books you're reading, write reviews of books, find recommendations from other readers, and a whole lot more.

Imus vs. the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks Chart(language warning)

Is the problem bigger than Don Imus?

Kurt Vonnegut Dead at 84

Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died Wednesday night in Manhattan. He was 84 ...

The 10 Most Expensive Books of 2006

Forbes magazine lists the 10 most expensive books to be sold in 2006.

By the numbers: The 10 Most Expensive Books of 2006

EMI Music Launches DRM-Free Music Downloads

EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli today hosted a press conference at EMI's headquarters in London where he announced that EMI Music is launching DRM-free superior quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire and that Apple's iTunes Store will be the first online music store to sell EMI's new downloads.

MPAA Names Its Top 25 Movie Piracy Schools

The MPAA may be gearing up for an RIAA-inspired assault on US colleges and universities. Last week the group announced its support for the "Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act (2007)," and MPAA head Dan Glickman said that his organization would work with school administrators to put an end to movie piracy on campuses, which Glickman says costs the industry $500 million annually.

April is National Poetry Month

Check out what is happening in your state by going to the National Poetry Map at Poets.org.